#BearApp

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Pete Prodoehl 🍕I took a stab at cleaning up my code for BearExporter, a Python script to export all of your Bear notes to Markdown files you can use with Obsidian, read in the terminal, or whatever.As the old saying goes "it works for me!" but I know it's not exactly great code, but it is available.I'm not great at Python but I'll try to improve it as time allows.➡️ <a href="https://codeberg.org/raster/BearExporter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/raster/BearExporter</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BearApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BearApp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BearNotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BearNotes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BearNotesApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BearNotesApp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macOS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#python</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#markdown</a>

Pete Prodoehl 🍕I wrote up a quick post on how to edit a theme for Bear (and then discovered other theme hackers as well!)➡️ <a href="https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/03/17/editing-a-bear-theme/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/03/17/editing-a-bear-theme/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bearapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bearapp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bearnotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bearnotes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bearnotesapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bearnotesapp</a>

Pete Prodoehl 🍕Yes to Obsidian... I copied the exported Markdown files from Bear to a folder on the Linux laptop and can open & use all the notes just fine.So the next idea would be to automate the process by scheduling the Mac to export all the files and move them to a volume that Obsidian can use as a vault.The whole idea here being I can use Bear, but still access my notes while using Linux.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bearapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bearapp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obsidian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/notes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notes</a>

Pete Prodoehl 🍕So right now the Python script grabs the text of a note, creates a file with the title as the name (needs work) and then sets the date created & modified time of the file.So on disk are Markdown files with all my Bear notes. This makes them available as plain text files in the terminal, on Linux, heck...probably in Obsidian as well?<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bearapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bearapp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/backup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#backup</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#python</a>

Pete Prodoehl 🍕I found a Python script somebody wrote to export Bear's notes from the sqlite db they are stored in and it's not exactly what I need so I ended up writing about 25 lines of my own Python code that does what I need.It is... rough, but it works! I need to add a few things, like cleaning titles for filename, etc. (The script I found had issues of its own, so...)I welcome these little challenges to learn more Python though.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bearapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bearapp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/backup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#backup</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#python</a>

Pete Prodoehl 🍕Some "notes" (LOL) about my first week with Anytype, how I see using it, and why I probably won't put all my notes there...➡️ <a href="https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/03/09/anytype-an-everything-app/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/03/09/anytype-an-everything-app/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anytype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anytype</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/notion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/notes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bearapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bearapp</a>

Pete Prodoehl 🍕I've really come to love Bear and how it works, but with no easy way to get to those notes on Linux I may just end up with a combo of Bear and Anytype. (I moved to Bear years ago when I dumped Evernote.)I also didn't find a good way to use Obsidian across macOS, iOS, and Linux.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bearapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bearapp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anytype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anytype</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obsidian</a>

Pete Prodoehl 🍕I've been using Anytype for a few days now. There are things I really like about it (and the org) and I'll probably use it in my workflow (and it will replace Notion) but I'm not sure it'll work for as a general notebook for me.I really prefer a big blank text area like Bear or Obsidian uses, with really good markdown support. I've not been able to get that smoothly in Anytype yet.The "everything is an object" just seems more database driven in how it works.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anytype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anytype</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bearapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bearapp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obsidian</a>

CalixtheHello <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@johnnydecimal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@johnnydecimal</a> :ablobwavereverse: I thought I was on your email list, but I missed this. Just purchased and will give it a go as I've decided to fully move over to <a href="https://mas.to/@obsidian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@obsidian</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/obsidianmd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@obsidianmd</a> from <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/logseq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@logseq</a> 🥹 [My vault had gotten too big to reliably sync via icloud]. Very pleased with <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/ObsidianSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ObsidianSync</a> it's a keeper <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/pkm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pkm</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/pkms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pkms</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#markdown</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obsidian</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/obsidianmd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obsidianmd</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/logseq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#logseq</a> Will try it in <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/bearapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bearapp</a> <a href="https://bear.app/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bear.app/</a> too. Ironically I resisted obsidian because I struggled with the concept of managing folders. 🫠 Tagging lots so that more people can learn about this great tool. The Bear, Obsidian and universal markdown compatibility options are chef's kiss. 😎

Stefan :veritrek:Back to <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Obsidian</a> rocking the „Tokyo Night“ theme 😍My <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/BearApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BearApp</a> subscription was already canceled a while ago. The final push today was watching a video of <a href="https://pkm.social/@nickmilo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@nickmilo</a> by accident scrolling through recommendations.I was an Obsidian user some time ago for many years and switched because I didn't like the iOS app. But watching the video made it more clear/present again to me, that owning your notes is a fundamental advantage. Let’s see how this goes (again) :)<a href="https://youtu.be/mutS7GIpC9A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/mutS7GIpC9A</a>🏷️ <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/pkm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pkm</a>

Gordon Smith (VK2UB)Filing, filing, everywhere, …, collating, sorting, filingI’ve been busy these past few days with two small personal document-related projects running in parallel. I guess these can be categorised as overdue housekeeping, and finding and sorting documents that are scattered here, there, and everywhere.Continued on blog at <a href="https://blog.macalba.net/filing-filing-everywhere/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.macalba.net/filing-filing-everywhere/</a>Day 17 of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/100DaysToOffload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#100DaysToOffload</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PKM</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/bearApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bearApp</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/dataStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dataStore</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/obsidianApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obsidianApp</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/notes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notes</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obsidian</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/bear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bear</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#markdown</a>

Denis 🌏<a href="https://indieweb.social/@zceline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@zceline</a> I switched from Evernote to Bear and have been very happy. Doesn't check all your boxes but maybe worth a look? <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bearApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bearApp</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#markdown</a> was the clincher for me (although tbh their editor is so good I don't drop into markdown as often as I expected to)And I do pay for the pro version for OCR and sync. But it's been completely worth it for me.<a href="https://bear.app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bear.app</a>

Denis DefreyneWith Bear (<a href="https://bear.app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bear.app</a>) supporting custom note metadata now, I can assign slugs to my notes.This gives the (public) notes on my web site much nicer URLs!<a href="https://ruby.social/tags/BearApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BearApp</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/Bear2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bear2</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/BearNotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BearNotes</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/Nanoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nanoc</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/StaticSiteGenerator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StaticSiteGenerator</a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/ssg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ssg</a>

Stefan :veritrek:Thinking about dropping <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/BearApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BearApp</a>… Not using it that much and I think Apple Notes can be sufficient for my needs. - Quickly store something - Find it via searchI know linking notes like in <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/Obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Obsidian</a>, <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/Logseq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Logseq</a>, <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/Roam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Roam</a> is nice and can result in new ideas etc. But as much as I would like to have a <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/DigitalGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalGarden</a>, I think I have no green thumb. Somehow it feels stressful, maintaining all these notes and links.Might change my mind..🏷️ <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/NoteTaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoteTaking</a> <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PKM</a>

Stefan :veritrek:I would really like to have a <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/BearApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BearApp</a> Webclipper on iOS. 💭 On macOS it’s a very useful feature. Btw. did I miss the official fediverse account of Bear?

Stefan :veritrek:<a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/bearapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bearapp</a> is so easy to use I‘m missing something to explore… But wait, I can look into <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/tags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tags</a> and setup some hierarchies with emojis 🏕️🌳🏷️ <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/Bear2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bear2</a> <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/PKM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PKM</a>

Johannes<a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/@stefan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@stefan</a> Used Evernote for many years, then decided to opt out in January. Looked into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/obsidian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obsidian</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/logseq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#logseq</a>, then I switched from Windows to MacOS 6 weeks ago, which opened up all new possibilities…. (Doesn’t make it easier though 😂) I really like Apple Notes but the notes usually lack structure, so <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#markdown</a> really helps. Now looking into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bearapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bearapp</a> too. I’m hoping to find what feels like THE tool for me soon. Right now my notes are a mess. 😮

Stefan :veritrek:Damn, I missed the subscription price lock 😥 <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/bearapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bearapp</a> <a href="https://social.stefanberger.net/tags/bear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bear</a>

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